Written Question · S1W-22459 · Session 1
Further to the answer to question S1W-21536 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 21 January 2002, when an offer of Regional Selective Assistance was ma…
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-21536 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 21 January 2002, when an offer of Regional Selective Assistance was made to Manpower plc, Selkirk; when that offer was accepted; what the total amount of the offer was, and to what conditions any payments will be subject and when they will be made.
The answer
An offer of Regional Selective Assistance (RSA) was made to Manpower in November 2000. The company has still to formally accept this offer. Details of the amount of RSA offers is made public in Labour Market Trends when the first instalment has been paid to a company; until then this remains commercially confidential. Similarly, details of the conditions attached to any offer are part of a contract between the company and the Scottish Executive and remain confidential.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S1W-22459 by reference.